ECS: OBS: xDoctor autopilot: Failed to parse inventory.ini

Summary: Local host file inventory.ini failed to parse.

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Symptoms

admin@ecsnode1:~> sudo xdoctor autopilot --kb 273244 --target-rack red
Checking for existing screen sessions...
Starting screen session 'autopilot_kb_273244_20250623_184352'...
Screen session 'autopilot_kb_273244_20250623_184352' started successfully.
Attaching to screen session 'autopilot_kb_273244_20250623_184352'...


Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
[WARNING]: * Failed to parse /opt/emc/xdoctor/config/inventory.ini with ini plugin: can't add group to itself
[WARNING]: Unable to parse /opt/emc/xdoctor/config/inventory.ini as an inventory source
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
VERSION: 3.0
Playbook tasks: 29
Role tasks: 28
Total tasks: 57 across 1 host(s)
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: red

PLAY [red] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Detected 0 hosts for this play.
skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

==========================================================================================================================================================================================
Status: PASS
Time Elapsed: 0h 0m 0s
Debug log: /tmp/autopilot/log/autopilot_273244_20250623_184352.log
Message:
==========================================================================================================================================================================================
s=

[screen is terminating]

Cause

The file failed to parse the inventory.ini on creation causing the file to be empty.

Resolution

This command regenerates the inventory.ini file whenever an issue is detected, including during automated inventory file generation, and can also be run manually at any time an issue with the file is found.

sudo xdoctor autopilot --inventory
admin@ecsnode1:~> sudo xdoctor autopilot --inventory 
Updated inventory file /opt/emc/xdoctor/config/inventory.ini

On newer releases:

sudo xdoctor ansible --update

Affected Products

ObjectScale, ECS Appliance

Products

ECS, ECS Appliance Software with Encryption, ECS Appliance Software without Encryption, ObjectScale Appliance Software with Encryption, ObjectScale Appliance Software without Encryption, ObjectScale Software Series
Article Properties
Article Number: 000336401
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2025
Version:  2
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